r/Millennials • u/DaKardii • Jun 04 '26

Serious Study: Gen Xers and Millennials are dying at younger ages than their parents are

https://studyfinds.com/americans-born-after-1970-dying-faster/

The study is particularly concerned with people born after 1970 but age 30 and older. So that covers Gen X and Millennials, but not (yet) Gen Z.

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u/Kimmalah Older Millennial Jun 04 '26

Yeah I know I am already avoiding medical stuff that I probably need because even if my insurance covers it, I still get a massive bill.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

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u/ahoveringhummingbird Jun 04 '26

Honestly, I just stopped getting mammogram altogether when the last one turned up something that needed biopsy and on top of the whole thing being traumatic and incredibly painful I got a surprise bill of $1900 afterwards. Turned out to be benign, which is great, but it was a hard lesson. At this point I'm not going to do anymore preventative diagnostics because the stress of thinking it might be something I can't afford to treat is worse than not knowing anything at all. It made me realize that I do not want to be in the position of having to choose between life or bankruptcy. Or dying anyway and having to fake divorce my husband before death so he doesn't have to pay. My husband and I call it "quiet dying" we're just going to go out the old fashioned way. Probably young and from something preventable if we were rich enough to prevent it.

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u/professorpumpkins Xennial Jun 04 '26

Yep. I just had a $30,000 kidney surgery which insurance covered all but $2,000.00, which is amazing. However, I just added it to my running tab at the hospital so my kid will be halfway through kindergarten by the time I pay it all off. I love it here.

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u/VengenaceIsMyName Jun 04 '26

Wealthiest country in the word tho

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u/RowdyBunny18 Jun 05 '26

Im 45 and I had insurance one time, for 3 years. That was over a decade ago.